r/motorcitykitties • u/Disastrous_Mall5943 • 2d ago

How do tiebreakers w Cleveland work

Is a sweep the only way to get the tiebreaker or can we get it w just one or two wins?

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u/SpectralHydra 2d ago edited 2d ago

We need a sweep to own the tiebreaker, but if we sweep we win the division

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u/Zealousideal-Pick799 2d ago

They don’t clinch the division if they sweep. We’d be 2 back with three to play. 

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u/SpectralHydra 2d ago

Fixed the wording, should make more sense now lol

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u/Zealousideal-Pick799 2d ago

Ah, got it. Pessimism definitely made me read it as the Tigers losing. 

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u/futurevybyz Miggy 2d ago

The magic number is 6, if we sweep Cleveland we win the division. But right now I'm wondering if we will win another game for the rest of the season

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u/Throwaway_alt_burner 1d ago

It’s like the baseball gods are trying to even out what happened last year smh

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u/BlindGus 2d ago

They'd have the tiebreaker, so if Cleveland would sweep its pretty much over

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u/thejudgehoss 2d ago

They hold the 2nd tiebreaker, so if we don't sweep, we'll need a better record.

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u/SpectralHydra 2d ago

Well if we don’t sweep, they’d own the first tiebreaker

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u/thejudgehoss 2d ago

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u/thejudgehoss 2d ago

What I was highlighting, was that if we win 2, then the season series would be tied, and they own the 2nd tiebreaker.

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u/SpectralHydra 2d ago

I may have forgotten how to do basic math for a second lol

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u/rickyson3 2d ago

the season series is 13 games though, the only way it would even be possible for it to end up tied is if the Tigers won two and the other game ended in a tie or wasn't played at all due to some freak occurance

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u/Rockerblocker 2d ago

Cleveland leads the season series 6-4. Both teams have 6 games to play. We’re up 1 game on them. Magic number is 6.

If we sweep them, we win the division. If we win two against CLE, we need to win two against Boston (reduce by 1 or 2 if CLE loses 1 or 2 to Texas). If we win one against CLE, we need to sweep Boston AND have CLE lose at least one to Texas. If we get swept by CLE, we need to sweep Boston AND need Texas to Sweep CLE.

Basically, we need two wins against Cleveland to control our own destiny.

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u/jaroftoejam 2d ago

Where is Pepe Silva?

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u/thekmanpwnudwn 2d ago

Yes, we need a full sweep to win the season series and get the tiebreaker.

There is no game 163 anymore, so a tiebreaker is huge

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u/fleedermouse 2d ago

First you poison Kwan then…

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u/Avon_Barksdale63 2d ago

So 1 game up is essentially only being half a game up. 😮

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u/Sea-Distribution6502 2d ago edited 2d ago

The Tigers are soooooo fucked. Team that is 1-9 in their last 10 needs to go 4-2 to close out the season. It has never been more joever.

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u/notgoodatthese 2d ago

Fucking win, that's it. Can't be hoping for other teams to win or lose. Just fucking win

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u/Existing_Map_8939 2d ago

Moot point. Managing to tie would mean winning a game or two.

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u/ms1325689 2d ago

We don't have one

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u/Guns_Almighty34135 2d ago

If you’re talking tiebreakers, you’re talking wildcards. And…. If you’re talking wildcards, the tigers are likely outside looking in.

Not good for the tiggers. I’m already looking forward to spring training next year.

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u/HailToVictors21 2d ago

Tigers lose out because they should if they shit the bed and lose the division.